108 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Dark bluish green. Head silvery white beneath. Pro- 

 boscis testaceous. Pectus with an oblique silvery white streak on 

 each side hindward. Abdomen ochraceous for half the length from 

 the base ; under side white towards the base ; tip ochraceous. Coxae 

 mostly white ; a silvery white spot on each of the posterior tibiae ; 

 hind tibiae with a silvery white streak ; spurs silvery white. Wings 

 mostly purple ; spots vitreous, colourless, elongated. Fore wings 

 with five spots ; first spot near the base ; second and third near the 

 middle ; second in front of the third and intersected by a purple 

 vein ; fourth and fifth intersected, placed transversely beyond the 

 middle; fringe with a white dot at the tip of the wing and with 

 another near the hind end of the exterior border. Hind wings with 

 two spots ; one near the base, very large, full twice the size of the 

 second, which is beyond the middle. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Genus SALTUNCA. 



Mas et Jam. Corpus lineare, sat angustum. Caput antice 

 subconicum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi porrecti, laeves, caput 

 non superantes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus. Abdomen alas posticas 

 longissime superans. Pedes laeves ; calcaria brevissima. Alae 

 anticae longae, apice rotundatae. Mas. — Antennae late pectinatae. 

 Fcem. — Antennae pectinatae. Alae anticae latiores, longiores, apice 

 minus rotundatae. 



Male and female. Body linear, rather narrow. Head some- 

 what conical in front. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi smooth, 

 porrect, acute, not extending beyond the head : third joint lanceo- 

 late, much shorter than the second. Abdomen extending for nearly 

 its whole length beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, moderately 

 long and stout ; spurs very short. Wings long. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips ; first, second and third inferior veins approximate; fourth 

 remote. Male. — Antennae broadly pectinated. Wings narrower 

 and shorter than those of the female; fore wings more rounded at 

 the tips. Female. — Antennae moderately pectinated. 



Type, S. thoracica. 



Saliunca thoracica. 



Mas et fcem. Obscure cyanea, thorax saturate aural us ; alee pur- 

 pureo varice ; fosticce vitta brevi vitrea. 



